Diophantus of Alexandria/Arithmetica/Book 5

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Problems by Diophantus of Alexandria: Arithmetica Book $\text {V}$

Problem $30$

A man buys a certain number of measures of wine, some at $8$ drachmas, some at $5$ drachmas each.
He pays for them a square number of drachmas;
and if we add $60$ to this number, the result is a square, the side of which is equal to the whole number of measures.
Find how many he bought at each price.